Sunday August 30, 2020

Don’t forget to get your weekend mobility in!
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Reminder: Shayan will be running Open Gym today from 8:00am to 10:00am. Come get your weekend fix!
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WOD

“Over It”

On the 2:00 x 3 Rounds:
15/12 Calorie Row
12 Lateral Burpees Over Rower

On the 2:00 x 3 Rounds:
15/12 Calorie Row
9 Lateral Burpees Over Rower

On the 2:00 x 3 Rounds:
15/12 Calorie Row
6 Lateral Burpees Over Rower

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DAILY MINDSET

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”

~Bill Watterson

There’s a common misunderstanding that if we allow ourselves to feel happy about something, we’ll lose our drive to improve. That in order to reach our goals, we need to hard-wire ourselves 24/7 with thoughts of how improve and develop. Ironically enough, full focus on the future is one of the most self-destructive things we can do to ourselves.

When we celebrate our victories, we feel good. On a biological level, there is a “dopamine” release. By feeling this emotion of accomplishment… we become hungry for more. We crave that next dopamine hit, moving even more aggressively towards that next accomplishment. On the other side, if we constantly deprive ourselves of that dopamine response… we will lose our drive. This is the definition of burnout.

Take a moment today to think about how far you’ve come since last year. And since you’ve started this amazing lifestyle called CrossFit. No leaderboard will ever tell us the full story. While we maintain our fiery state of mind to find the next best version of ourselves, let’s celebrate today.

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